Poll shows support for independence is falling

Support for Alex Salmond’s independence campaign has dropped again, according to a new poll that also shows an increasing proportion of Scots want to stay in the United Kingdom. The research found that only 30 per cent of voters are in favour of separation, down three points since the start of the year. Opposition, meanwhile, has gone up a point to 54 per cent.

The SNP pointed out that the results showed support for independence was now higher than when the party won a landslide victory at Holyrood last May.

However, it has dropped since the respective campaigns for and against independence began. The Scottish Conservative leader, Ruth Davidson, said that the poll, commissioned from YouGov by the Fabian Society, was “further proof that Alex…